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Please provide the navkar mantra in Hindi and English with word by word translation and transliteration
Certainly. Here is the Navkar Mantra in Hindi, with English transliteration and word-by-word meaning.
हिंदी में नवकार मंत्र
णमो अरिहंताणं णमो सिद्धाणं णमो आयरियाणं णमो उवज्झायाणं णमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं एसो पंच नमोक्कारो, सव्वपावप्पणासणो। मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं, पढमं हवइ मंगलं॥
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English Transliteration
Namo Arihantāṇam Namo Siddhāṇam Namo Āyariyāṇam Namo Uvajjhāyāṇam Namo Loe Savva Sāhūṇam Eso Pancha Namokkāro, Savva Pāvappanāsano. Mangalaṇam Cha Savvesim, Padhamam Havai Mangalam.
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Word-by-word meaning
1. णमो अरिहंताणं / Namo Arihantāṇam
- णमो / Namo = I bow to
- अरिहंताणं / Arihantāṇam = the Arihants, the enlightened victors
Meaning: I bow to the Arihants.
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2. णमो सिद्धाणं / Namo Siddhāṇam
- णमो / Namo = I bow to
- सिद्धाणं / Siddhāṇam = the Siddhas, the liberated souls
Meaning: I bow to the Siddhas.
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3. णमो आयरियाणं / Namo Āyariyāṇam
- णमो / Namo = I bow to
- आयरियाणं / Āyariyāṇam = the Acharyas, Jain spiritual leaders
Meaning: I bow to the Acharyas.
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4. णमो उवज्झायाणं / Namo Uvajjhāyāṇam
- णमो / Namo = I bow to
- उवज्झायाणं / Uvajjhāyāṇam = the Upadhyayas, Jain teachers of scripture
Meaning: I bow to the Upadhyayas.
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5. णमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं / Namo Loe Savva Sāhūṇam
- णमो / Namo = I bow to
- लोए / Loe = in the world
- सव्व / Savva = all
- साहूणं / Sāhūṇam = Sadhus, monks and saints
Meaning: I bow to all Sadhus in the world.
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Final verses
6. एसो पंच नमोक्कारो / Eso Pancha Namokkāro
- एसो / Eso = this
- पंच / Pancha = five
- नमोक्कारो / Namokkāro = salutations
Meaning: These are the five salutations.
7. सव्वपावप्पणासणो / Savva Pāvappanāsano
- सव्व / Savva = all
- पाव / Pāva = sins
- पणासणो / Pannāsano = destroyer
Meaning: They destroy all sins.
8. मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं / Mangalaṇam Cha Savvesim
- मंगलाणं / Mangalaṇam = among auspicious things
- च / Cha = and
- सव्वेसिं / Savvesim = of all
Meaning: Among all auspicious things,
9. पढमं हवइ मंगलं / Padhamam Havai Mangalam
- पढमं / Padhamam = first
- हवइ / Havai = is
- मंगलं / Mangalam = auspicious
Meaning: This is the foremost auspicious one.
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Simple English meaning
I bow to the Arihants, Siddhas, Acharyas, Upadhyayas, and all Sadhus in the universe. These five salutations destroy all sins and are the most auspicious of all.
If you want, I can also provide this in Devanagari with Gujarati pronunciation style or in a clean chant format for daily recitation.
